Point, counterpoint from Eagle, Patriot

Monday

Aug 11, 2014 at 10:08 PMAug 11, 2014 at 10:13 PM

Cary Williams isn't backing down from his comments and, presumably, Logan Mankins won't be backing down from his.

On the day his team was boarding a plane for New England for a couple days of joint practices and Friday night’s preseason game at Gillette Stadium, the website NJ.com reported that Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cary Williams “kept it short with the media.” Williams may have been brief with the media, but he wasn’t backing down from comments he made earlier, calling the Patriots “cheaters” and pointing out that the team hasn’t won a Super Bowl since the Spygate incident of 2007. “I said what I said last week,” said Williams. “The day is here.” Williams said he wasn’t concerned about the reaction he might get from Patriots fans. “I don’t care. I don’t care,” he said. “I play this game to play it well, and at the end of the day, if I’m booed by the fans it ain’t the first thing and it ain’t the worst thing I’ve heard from anybody.” Williams got tossed out of one of the teams’ joint practices in Philly last year after getting into a fight with Patriots wide receiver Aaron Dobson. Belichick quickly dismissed a question about Williams’ comments, saying: “You should talk to him about it.” Guard Logan Mankins wasn’t so dismissive. “I don’t even know what he was saying,” said Mankins. “I’m sure it wasn’t the smartest thing in the world he said so I’m not worried about it.”